...!!!!!!!

They do?!

So has Microsoft got First Party RPGs coming out so whats the BIG DEAL HEY.

the thought of the legend of dragoon 2 gives me a major wood.

Speculations, nothing but speculations....Sony why are you full of it this gen? Again with the waiting game? When are they going to learn to stop announcing games, interfaces and FW so damn early.

Sony "Yes, we have(insert failed promises here) under development, and it will be release soon."

2 or 3 yrs later

Sony "(insert failed promises here) will be released sometime next year, thank you."

i gets thats the only way they can keep it from M$.

Though i prefer the western rpgs i would like a DarkCloud3. I thought the first two were pretty good.

And White Knight ...

i hope they will announce at least 1 at Jump Festa 09 on 20/21 December!

folklore 2 ftw!!!
but hmmm what are some sony 1st party rpgs i really dont know 2 many

other then Fallout and oblivan in a long time

im looking 4ward to seeing what a dev can do with the time spent on the PS3!

White Knight has my interest 4sure

good news i needed some jrpg's some gud news now just want the american port of white knight cronicles, sony is smart not waiting for square enix to make them just make them themsleve smart.

@ imdaboss

if sony makes folklore 2 I hope they add cut scenes because the dialog boxes took me right out of the game

This game is about 9 years overdue in my opinion. A new Dark Cloud would also be awesome.

dont be mad the 360 got some good jrpgs go play let us have wats comming

I would like a rogue galaxy 2

There is a rumor going around that Wild Arms,Legend of Dragoon 2,and Dark Cloud 3 are being created by internal studios at Sony.

Media Division did make the first Wild Arms for Sony on previous consoles.

Legend of Dragoon was developed internally by Sony Japan for the PS2 and I expect the same for part 2 from Sony Japan

Dark Cloud 3 is an old rumor but its credible.I have already read 3 different sources stating that it could come out after Level 5 finishes WKC.

It all makes sense because these are internally developed and they don't even have to ask a company like Square Enix or Atlus to do it.

Sony simply need to churn out software which appeals to Japanese gamers and the rest will take care of itself. FFXIII, Versus and WKC are going to do a hell of a lot for PS3 so the more the merrier.

at least they surprising us patience is a virtue glad they not rushing

AMG!AMG!AMG!

Going into fanboy modus, if I read one bad word about that game I will hunt down the one that wrote it, seriously! Some people say make my day, I say make this Gen! It would make me sell all other game I have, I need that game! Pleae do this for me Sony! PLEASE!

I thought we had moved on from these spiky haired adolescent games. Rpg's like Mass Effect and Oblivion have moved the genre forward so much that these games look ridiculous.
Sony should get with the times.

They really are going for japan aren't they...

Jump Out. The 360 was like a virtual babysitter for botbabies. Big Mama's home now, jump out and get exclusive TLC from the best in the business: Sony. :)

remember 9 new games from TGS

i didnt really enjoy oblivion or mass effect but fallout 3 was alsome, i think jrpg are still the best dragon quest 8 is my favorite for the ps2, and now sony is bringing it back. gud job.

@Judderman

Western RPGs and Japanese RPGs are different in many ways and innovate separately in their own genres.Besides I prefer playing both especially Bioware and Level 5 games

this might be a misunderstanding too

Off topic but, has anyone else seen the blitz of PS3 and PSP commercials recently?

Yesterday I couldn't change the channel without seeing a LBP, or a MGS4, or a PSP commercial somewhere.

Better late than never I suppose.

The last JRPG I played was Eternal sonata. and WRPG was Mass effect

link to reliable source for confirmation of the existence of this interview?

if so, and if true- then FVCK YEAH!!!!

@below

well VGtilt is fairly reliable if your the think-outside-the-box type of guy.... but it would be nice to have some concrete proof

You have great incentive to bring in third party support by offering a competing product on your platform. Microsoft's relationship with Mistwalker is a good example of this. If Mistwalker became Microsoft's Square/Enix, that would be lost sales for Square since they would have more competition if they decided to support the platform later. The same can be said of Saints Row. If you are the developer of Grand Theft Auto, you don't want to see competition built up anywhere.

This relationship can take an entirely different direction if a platform starts creating more first party software that is in direct competition with a desired third party developer. By bringing in more first party RPG's this could give incentive to a developer like Square to push multi-platform even harder since they have less potential sales on a given platform.

This is a delicate balance a console maker that develops first party games has to maintain. There are ways to over come this like limiting the amount of competing games you create and launching in windows that are less threatening. You can even offer to publish third party games or reduce costs through lower royalties or increased development support. The one thing you don't want to do is kick them in the jimmy and tell them you don't need them. Variety is very important in console gaming.

-Death

Trust Sony to come up with the goods again. 09 will be the year of the RPG and Sony will be leading the way.

No console brand will ever top PlayStation's legacy of RPG quality. And "exclusive" is a term MS should never use. SCE dwarfs competitors and houses exclusives. Even Bill Gates said they are a "game company" in sly reference to the whole Sony electronics name. Well Bill, you MS guys sure are not a game company. So stop pretending to be a game company and get to work making...I don't know...GAMES. :)

I don't think they wanted to admit a bunch of titles are releasing too early

I know they sell well on ps3 and help it out a lot, but god I'm so sick of the turn-based combat. Make a WRPG like Mass Effect or Oblivion. Or even that awesome last-gen console RPG back in the day Baulders Gate or Baulders Gate: Dark Alliance those are the kinds of RPGS that are really awesome. Whats the fun in standing in one place the whole game button mashing the attack or magic button and waiting for the person to do the attack, then waiting for the enemy to attack you. IMO that's boring as hell. Ah well to each his own.

i would love Rogue Galaxy 2, Dark Cloud 3, Grandia 4, and Legend of Dragoon 2...

and any other NEW action rpgs, and rpgs (like WKC) will also be greatly appreciated Sony

please hurry with the RPGS :)

even though the only one that i really enjoyed was fallout 3 the jrpgs, from back in the day are still the best final fantasy 7, 8, 10, dark cloud 1-2, kingdom hearts, and my personal favorite dragon quest 8. im sorry but mass effect sucked and oblivion was increibly boring, bring those jrpgs back.

They are going rather crazy over at NeoGAF about this one: http://www.neogaf.com/forum...

For the record, I'm having a VERY hard time finding anything about the monthly Famitsu magazine at ALL. All I can find are their platform-specific magazines and their weekly one. Can't find any info about ANY monthly issue. Not sure what's going on here. Is the weekly one THE Famitsu magazine, or is there supposed to be a monthly one that I'm not finding here?

Either way, it's going to be rather hard for anyone to confirm this unless someone can actually find where you can find info on the monthly version (if there is one. Don't know how Famitsu publishes the mag and their site, even translated, is a friggin pain to get through).

EDIT: I want this to be true, too, and I know how reliable this site is (it got the Uncharted 2 thing spot-on correct. I believe that's what UltimateIdiot911 was thinking about). But we need some more confirmation to shut up these naysayers.

Silogon, these people are asking for more information and some additional source. WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!!!

legend of dragoon is my all time favourite rpg game and the first rpg i played when i got the sony playstation i have to its amy favourite sony game out of all games up till now even and i would buy the sequal over any final fantasy game or any other game for that matter
it just really awsome i could talk hours about it in fact i remeber all of the places in the game and the music too and the movie scenes it was so good ever since i got the ps3 i decided to play it againd and im going to play this every 6 months or every year till the second one comes out and gonna play the over and over again

still have the original copy and would glady get it on psn for the sake of it i must have all and any form of different type of copies
i plan on taking legend of dragoon to the grave with me lol thats how much i love this game

Well According to Gamesblow, we should be seeing Wild Arms, Dark Cloud 3 and Legend of Dragoon 2 on the Horizon. Gamesblow supposedly has proof that Legend of Dragoon 2 is in Development.

my favorite is DQ8 tooo!!!!!
Level 5 created that game.
WKC is going to be a awesome game. ps3 FTW!!!!!

This is like the imaginary 12 unannounced sony exclusive games for leipzig that were never shown or they were shown just no one gave a shait about em. More false hype from a douchebag sony viral site. And lol sony develops the worst RPgs ever. Legend of Dragoon, Wild Arms Legend of Legaia.................lol complete dogcrap. I bet bungie would make better RPGs. The worst part of this article is that there are idiots who actually believe this (desperately want to believe that is)

5 TOP SECRET RPGS + 1 UNKNOWN TOP SECRET BBC GAME!!!!!!! PS3 TEH TOP SECRET GAMEZ MACHINEE!!

Where is the magazine this info is supposed to be coming from? It says Famitsu, but where are the scans?

This will be more believable when someone scans the famitsu page with this interview.

Oh good.

Hope there's some WRPGs as well as some JRPGs in there.

LoD2

yay :D

5 Games that won't be out for 5 years more like!

M$ on the other hand, only announce games that will be out WITHIN the year.

working on titles for the PS3. what did you THINK they were working on?

seriously, people want Sony to announce EVERYTHING they have on the table at one moment, but then they'd just turn around and complain when the game didn't release 6 months after that initial announcement.

quality takes TIME to produce.

people got SO excited when Microsoft announced, then released, RPG after RPG, after RPG, but just about ALL of those RPGs have been, honestly, mediocre.

i have no doubt that games like Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, Infinite Undiscovery, and even The Last Remnant, would have been much better games given an additional 6-12 months of dev time.

look at Killzone 2. it was looking AMAZING when they finally revealed it in gameplay form at E3 2007. if it was released last holiday season, or even Feb of this year, a lot of Playstation 3 owners would have been happy, sure, but the game wouldn't be what it is NOW. as hard as it is to believe, looking BETTER than when they showed it last year, and PLAYING better as well (thanks to that beta, no doubt).

a LOT of Sony's devs have yet to show off what they're working on.

i'm sure some of them are working on RPGs. if anything, Level 5 is working on White Knight Story, Dark Cloud 3, and Rogue Galaxy 2. that's 3 RPGs from possibly the BEST RPG house in the industry, ALL exclusive to the PS3.

if Sony's other studios resurrect Legend of Dragoon, Legend of Legaia, Alundra, Okagi, and a few more, it would be simply icing on the cake.

the games are certainly coming, but some people need to simply be patient. as if we'd be able to buy ALL of the awesome titles coming out if they released at once. just LOOK at what happened THIS holiday season, when a slew of awesome games hit. i STILL haven't picked up everything on my list, sadly.

Once Legend of Dragoon 2 comes out the pitiful Xbot lemmings will commit suicide realising the only JRPGs they have are flops like Star Ocean 4, Last Remnant, Infinite Undiscovered, Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon and Too Human (the 10 year Flop).

Furthermore Square Enix will go bankrupt because we Sony boys and girls realize we don't need the eXbox flops anymore.

I hope Sony launches an RPG(s) on the same style of a Oblivion/Fallout3/Mass Effect because as a super fun of Everquest(MMoRPG) I really loved the idea to make a ,err, single player MASSIVE game.

OMG, White Knight Chronicles, Dark Cloud 3, and Legend of Dragoon 2?! If DC3 and LoD2 is really in development then it's over! I will pick up all those 3 J-RPGs without hesitation.

1)Team ICO's game
2)Legend of dragoon 2
3)Dark cloud 3
4)Tears for blood
5)Wild arms

Those are my guesses.

It's about darned time they realize RPGs are worth it!

Wow I hated Legend of Dragoon.

I would prefer a new Suikoden game.

YUS! legend of dragoon 2!

Honestly I would not mind seeing NIS Bring Ar Tonelico 3 to the Ps3 maybe Namco could make a Tales game pr Xenosaga 4 on the Ps3. But that will never happen here I wait for White Knight story and hopefully think they will mak a wild arms game for the ps3

Great
5 flops for flopstation 3
nothing but normal after resisflop2

kodiak... 5 flops for flopstation 3 right i lov flops give me all these exclusive flops that u cant play, be a gamer not a hater, buy a ps3.

5 RPG's? Damn, I like the sound of that. I liked Eternal Sonata, and even Enchanted Arms (not great, but not horrible either). The PS3 is missing a truly great J-RPG. It already has two great PC-style RPG's (Oblivion, Fallout 3), but sometimes I just want some random battles and over the top dramatics.

I didn't really like Folklore, which I found pretty surprising, considering I'm a huge fan of horror movies/games and that one seemed like it would be up my alley.

A new Wild Arms would be awesome. The 1st one is one of my favorite games and I loved the 3rd one, one of my favorite J-RPG's ever.

Eek! That sounds nice but, hopefully at least One(1) of them are out by the time I buy my PS3..

i know it isnt an RPG but... weres Zone Of The Enders 3???

Legend of Dragoon 2 and a new Legend of Legaia would both be amazing. On a side note: wouldn't it be sweet if someone made a new Actraiser? :P

RPG's are kinda over rated when it comes to selling systems.

Oblivion was not boring either...Had many many gameplay hours as does fallout 3. I'm just saying along those kinds of RPGS there should be more. JRPGS are f!cking slow as hell button mashing the attack button or the defense button or magic etc...then having to wait for the enemy to do the same thing to you. THAT is boring. Real time combat is more fun as well as more realistic. JRPGS are a waste of time IMO. I really don't know why they sell well at all, but seeing as they're all from japan I can imagine why they do sell as much as they do. Japanese are a strange people, no offense.

all the good stuff are happening now, the more JRPGS arrived the more it seals the fate for the 360....

Doom 360.... Or it already has.....

Just more talk.

Would be awesome if an MMO was in there.

I would love to see EQ2 on the PS3. Just see how well it would handle the graphics.

Now that Jim Ryan is gone just need to remove Herman Hulst from his position! And maybe give Shuhei the position he deserved.

This gen hasn't been the best for games, last gen consoles are still out there and now there's been talk of the PS6 and Xbox Two for a year or so. Many games this gen will be ported to next gen and the cycle will continue. The re-release of the Neo Geo AES+, games on cartridge for £70 ($95), gaming is going back in time. Gaming has gone pricing mad with the high cost of games, consoles and controllers. The men and women at the top are clueless.

It’s always interesting to hear behind-the-scenes stories like this, especially involving veterans like Shuhei Yoshida and leadership figures like Jim Ryan. That said, there are usually multiple sides to decisions at that level. It could be less about not “listening” and more about differences in long-term vision for PlayStation. Yoshida played a huge role in shaping the brand, so whatever the reason, his impact is undeniable.

If true, and I'm inclined to believe it is, it goes to show that Sony lost their way when they became more western/didn't respect the PlayStation origin story. Andrew House and Jack Tretton did great work, but they also didn't try to fundamentally change the PlayStation DNA. Ryan oversaw the death of Japan Studio and a live service direction.

I already figured this, good lord imagine if Shuhei took over instead, would've been a platinum era 😩

I miss the first three generations of PlayStation. The way they turned PS3 around, we knew they meant business. We were all worried for a bit there around launch. Eventually from 2008 they started shifting slowly. But since Yoshida was fired, it's never been the same. Still enjoy my PS5 daily. I got a backlog dating back to PS2 lol So I'm fine but new games aren't as appealing anymore.

It seems like we were thrown on to the worst timeline possible where everything is too expensive and the wrong people were put in positions that makes the world a shitty place. We could have had Shu as the head of PS but we got the shitty alternative. Same goes for everyone in power around the world. Doesn’t matter the company or country the majority of us got the shitty picks and the world is declining like never before. I do think PS can come out of this because of their studios, talent and IP but they need someone more in touch with gamers leading things like Shu was. They’re still the best place for console gaming imo but it could be much better than it is especially without the massive live service failures. The rest of the world I have a lot less hope for right now. Hopefully the pendulum swings back towards the good ole days but I’m preparing for the worst.

There goes illuminati distraction story

So now there's certifiable proof that Ryan was in fact "fired", as opposed to when it was first announced that he "retired", in order to save face.

There's another guy who recently "retired" as CEO of another large gaming company, after doing a dismantling job as lead for well over a decade.

seems legit, the business man, fires the one who has ideas to move the business forward.

Jim Ryan is the reason why we are entering year 6 since the PS5 launch and many of us don't feel like the PS5 has gotten started as yet.

I hope going forward, we will see a return to form.